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Re: lynx-dev LYNX: cursor showing strangely on screen in newest version
From: |
David Combs |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev LYNX: cursor showing strangely on screen in newest version |
Date: |
Thu, 31 Dec 1998 14:51:45 -0800 (PST) |
> From address@hidden Wed Dec 30 22:51:12 1998
> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:48:11 -0800
> From: Michael Warner <address@hidden>
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 1998, David Combs <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > When I "j" down the screen, from one link to the next, the screen
> > shows it strangely, as a black rectangle maybe 6 chars wide.
> >
> > Sometimes at the left edge of the screen, sometimes at the right edge.
> >
> > Here is the "=" page, to show the version of lynx: (note: am doing this
> > on netcom.com, on the version set up by bill cheung (address@hidden):
> >
> >
> > Information about the current
> > document
> >
> > Lynx 2.8.2dev.12 (26 Dec 1998) ([1]development version) - [2]compile time
> > options
> >
> > File that you are currently viewing
> >
> > Linkname: The Nando Times: Global
> > URL: http://www.nandotimes.com/noframes/global/
>
> [...]
>
> > Any idea what might be the cause?
>
> A few clues - the W3C validator didn't seem to want to deal
> with the page, even after I supplied a DOCTYPE declaration, and
> using '*' (toggle-images, I think) fixed it for me.
>
> There was another problem discussed and patched, maybe a
> month or two ago?, that had pretty much the symptoms, if I
> remember rightly. Something to do with link highlighting on
> one or more of the derived pages - history? visited? - under
> some circumstances. Pretty vague, but I didn't follow it
> too closely. Klaus probably knows, I think he played a
> leading role ....
>
> --
> Michael Warner
> <address@hidden>
>
THANKS for the "*" hint.
I don't really understand what it does, but it fixed the
problem!
David
- lynx-dev LYNX: cursor showing strangely on screen in newest version, David Combs, 1998/12/29
- Re: lynx-dev LYNX: cursor showing strangely on screen in newest version, dickey, 1998/12/29
- Re: lynx-dev LYNX: cursor showing strangely on screen in newest version, David Combs, 1998/12/30
- Re: lynx-dev LYNX: cursor showing strangely on screen in newest version, dickey, 1998/12/31
- Re: lynx-dev LYNX: cursor showing strangely on screen in newest version, dickey, 1998/12/31
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- Re: lynx-dev LYNX: cursor showing strangely on screen in newest version, David Combs, 1998/12/31